Hummingbird by Chase Delaney can be viewed in the Gafney Library. (Courtesy photo)

WAKEFIELD — Wells, Maine, artist Chase Delaney is the October artist exhibiting works at the Gafney Library in Sanbornville. Though born and raised in New York City, Delaney has spent most of her adult life in small New England towns surrounded by nature and always near the ocean.

She has worked closely with dolphins, is a certified therapeutic riding instructor and the proud owner of Taku, a rescued former race horse with special needs, and Miss Tully, a donkey “who thinks she’s a fashion queen,” explains Delaney. This affinity for nature and animals frames Delaney’s art — a dragonfly poses on a flower, a pig looks right in the viewer’s eyes, a donkey rolls on her back “glamming” for the camera. Nature opens its doors for Delaney who explains, “I paint from the perspective of the animal; not from viewing the animal.” In just a few swift strokes of the brush with watercolor for example, a horse appears to be in motion on the canvas; a pig looks at the viewer as though he would like to impart some sort of “pig wisdom.”

Delaney will host an artist “meet and greet” on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Gafney Library. All are welcome and Delaney will have some of her gift cards available for sale.

The exhibit may be viewed during library open hours of Tuesday and Thursday, 1-7:30 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-noon; and Saturday, 9a.m.-2 p.m. For more information call library director Beryl Donovan at 522.3401.